How are you all doing?? How was Mother's Day? I hope that everything went great for all of you and that you are enjoying life! As for me, I have just kept plugging along here! This past week was rather normal and not a lot happened out of the ordinary, with exception to the skype with my family yesterday, but I'll get to all that in just a sec :) So, this week, we just kept working as normal, finding a couple of awesome new investigators as well as keeping the work going with the investigators we already had. As for investigators, I would like to focus on Febe, José, and Nayeli. Febe, as I mentioned from last week, is an amazing investigator that has progressed very fast. We were able to visit her several more times this past week and we couldn't be happier with her. She has read 1 Nephi, came to church, and even came to a Family Home Evening we had last night. On top of that, her new best friend is Magalí, our recent convert. Everything is looking up for Febe and we honestly could not be happier :) Now, José. José is Febe's sister and is an amazing 12 year old. He is reading the Book of Mormon even faster than his sister and goes with her to everything she goes to. He is progressing well and hope that he, along with his sister, continue progressing. Lastly, Nayeli. We contacted Nayeli this past week knocking doors and she is realy cool. We have given her the first two lessons and she seems to be progressing really well. We'll see how things turn out as we keep working with her, but for now, she is doing great :) These were a few of our investigators and I just want you guys to know that the work here is so amazing! I love working here in Tupiza and hope to be here for quite a while longer :) Now, the Skype :) I don't think words can truly express how cool it is to see and talk with your family while here in the mission. It is such a revitalizing experience and I now feel ready to get back to work for the rest of the time I have here. I have the best family in the world and I hope that you guys all know that so you can be jealous!! Yes. I am saying that my family is better than yours. You'll just have to deal with it ;) Now, doing a little rewind, we were able to organize a ward activity this past Saturday called the "Iron Rod" and I would love to focus my thought on that. The activity went just as it is explained in 1 Nephi 8, so if you need a refresher, go ahead and read it :) We had an "Iron Rod" that went through the whole church building, a "Great and Spacious Building", which was full of the young men and women, and a "Tree of Life", which was just a tree outside of the church with apples attached. We turned off all the lights and filled the church with smoke to make it difficult to follow the rod. I didn't participate in the activity, but I had the chance to observe as everything went down. Some entered and immediately fell into the temptation of entering one of the side rooms that had candy. Others, made it quite a ways, but saw the young men and women partying in one room and abandoned the rod to join in. Others made it all the way to the other end of the church, but then, forgetting that the tree was the absolute goal, let go and walked to the beginning of the church to start over, without ever having finished the journey. Very few, surprisingly made it to the tree and tasted of the fruit that was placed there. This was a very interesting experience for me, seeing before my eyes an almost exact representation of Lehi's dream. Now, with all the groups I just mentioned, I invite you to think about what that could mean for each of you in your lives. Maybe, we start on the good path, but immediately fall away at the first temptation. Maybe, we get pretty far, but then fall into the temptations of the world, taking us right away from all that is good in this world. Or maybe, we make it so far, almost to the goal, but loose sight of what is really important when the journey is almost through. With all of this, I invite all of you to be part of the final group, the finishers. Hold to the rod, not just lightly, but with all your might. As one of my favorite seminary teachers, Brother White, always said," Hold tight, knuckles white." My invitation to all of you is to remember the ultimate goal and strive for it to the end, holding to the rod (which represents the Word of God, or the scriptures and, in my mind, the words of the prophets) and I promise you that you will be much, much happier in this life. That's a promise :) Well, I love you all and I hope that you have amazing weeks! If you ever have any questions, don't be afraid to ask! You are amazing and I hope you never forget it!
Elder Wynn
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